Nikolaas Verkolje

Nicolaas Verkolje or Vercolje (11 April 1673, Delft – 21 January 1746, Amsterdam), was a Dutch painter and mezzotinter.

[1] Houbraken had intended to compose a biographical sketch of Nicolaas, yet he never reached that point, as he died before the publication of Volume III, which was written in order of birth year.

Nicolaes Verkolje was influenced by Antoine Coypel, Gérard de Lairesse, Godfried Schalcken, Gerard Dou, Adriaen van der Werff and Gabriel Metsu whose paintings he copied on commission.

[2][3] At the beginning of the 18th century, Verkolje merged these two developments by going back to biblical and mythological themes and dynamic compositions.

[6] In 1722, Verkolje requested three persons to assist his wife Anna Maria Wulffingh with selling the artworks after his death, excluding those made by himself or his deceased father, to preserve them for his children.